IOLIS was founded in 2019 by our principal and owner, Andrew Brenton.
Our twin aims are to save your valuable time and reduce your legal costs by providing you with expertise in data protection, data legislation, and data disclosure and giving you professional arbitration services.
Our clients include businesses, solicitors, law firms, public bodies, sporting organisations, and individuals.
Are you an employment solicitor or sports lawyer dealing with a Subject Access Request (SAR)? Perhaps you’re concerned about the legal implications connected with disclosing data from your business.
IOLIS is a cost-effective outsourced service which helps the people in your organisation understand complex data protection laws, make informed decisions about data protection practices and policies, and deal with requests and complaints.
Our qualified arbitrators can help you resolve disputes without the expensive business of going to court.
Meet our principal
Qualifications & certifications
LL.M. Distinction from the University of South Wales, 2019
Accredited Mediator CPD certified qualification
Andrew Brenton BA (Hons) LL.M.
Principal
Andrew spent the first part of his career working in information technology specifically as a high-level project management consultant in the banking and finance sector. As part of this remit I drafted and appraised service and delivery contracts incorporating the complex governance and compliance aspects of the financial sector into project delivery. It was at this point he discovered a keen interest in the nuances and technical intricacies of corporate law.
In 2015 he graduated with a first-class honour’s degree from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David after taking a career break to explore new challenges. In 2016 he started his own legislative compliance business specialising in the new data protection regulations that were due to come into force in 2018. Later he specialised in the handling of contentious subject access requests and dealing with ICO complaints for both individuals and companies. His previous experience of corporate law and its practical application in the field was invaluable.
2019 saw him being awarded an LL.M. with distinction after studying the Master of Laws course at the University of South Wales at the same time as building his legal compliance business. The course comprised a broad range of commercially orientated topics including corporate law and governance, tort, contract, supply chain liabilities, commercial and consumer law, and European and international legal frameworks. His thesis dealt with themes around privacy and human rights. Happily, the demands of study and career dovetailed to benefit both endeavours and led to success in both.
Since graduating with a master’s in law he has professionally qualified as an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is also a member of the executive committee of Public Law Wales, and an associate member of Cardiff and District Law Society.
He set up IOLIS Legal Services in 2019 to offer specialist data protection services, sports governance, corporate governance, and dispute resolution including arbitration. IOLIS also provides advice on Covid-19 regulatory compliance in Wales and on the phased return to sporting activities from a legal perspective.
How can our expert advice on GDPR and data protection help you? Do you need an arbitration or mediation service?
Call us to start the conversation on 029 2000 2339 or email contact@iolis-legal.com
